if there are no islands left, there is no frontier
no place, to call home
beyond
the lost horizon.
In the movies, the man
wants to rejoin the mainland
before he goes mad
and he gets there, through intellect
through feelings
of death, caused
by being alone.
Another man, sets sail
for the wide-open ocean, where he might never come back
in fact, he plans not to
and he goes there, to be controlled by nature
embracing her, like an abandoned mistress
who will love him, and then kill him.
To be loved by her, is right
because she must be respected
like following an invisible law, that doesn’t need to be written down
he honors her
to keep his life
there are mermaids in the sound
he went-out too far
now,
he can’t come back
it’s a cold universe,
far away
from warm women
he is a stranger, wherever he goes
he knows
to be known, is to be known
there is no mystery, in that
only limits
and he would rather face the uncertain end
than see it coming for 40 years
They say, “We don’t know what will happen to us in life.”
and everybody is trying to know
it’s not that he doesn’t want love
it’s that, he isn’t sure what that is
Society frightens him
Those who preach love, are full of hate
and those who preach peace, want war
There is no dishonesty in nature
the lion, is a lion
there is nothing personal about that
Nature doesn’t try to be what it is not
Society tries to turn him into a pet
to make him cuddly
for kids
and it strips him
of his majesty
that only he
can give.
Honest. It is better to go the unknown way. I was thinking today that everywhere was too familiar, preplanned, in cities and life. And you described that so clearly. There’s nothing unique about wanting out; it’s nature. We’re lions in cages. Thank you.
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I’m glad that you enjoyed the poem, Truth Teller! 🙂
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Love this one. Speaks volumes to me.
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I’m glad my poem spoke to you odinparanormal! 🙂
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Beautifully penned. So many of these lines speak volumes of truth.
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I’m so glad! Thanks for reading, Pixel!
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